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A curated weekday guide to major national security news and developments over the past 24 hours.

A special grand jury voted Monday not to indict eight officers in the fatal Akron, Ohio, police shooting of Jayland Walker.

The flames and smoke may be gone, but they’ve been replaced by fear and uncertainty in East Palestine, Ohio, site of a toxic train derailment.

A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion killed seven co-workers says her arm caught fire and then she fell through the floor into a vat of liquid chocolate. (March 31) (AP Video: Michael Rubinkam, Patrick Orsagos)

The high school spring sports season has begun at East Palestine High. A mile east from the school, cleanup continues from a February train derailment. Officials say the area is safe, but schools are pulling out of competitions at the school. (March 20) (AP Video: Patrick Orsagos)

Many students are choosing to start working directly after completing high school, even three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A small Ohio town is devastated after a train derailment released toxic chemicals earlier this month. Experts say the same thing could happen in Indiana.

The crew operating a freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, didn’t get much warning before dozens of cars went off the tracks, and there is no indication that

Federal environmental regulators on Tuesday took charge of the cleanup from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment and chemical burn and ordered Norfolk Southern to foot the bill.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered Norfolk Southern on Tuesday to pay for the cleanup of the East Palestine train wreck and chemical release. EPA told the company to take all available measures to clean up contaminated air and water. (Feb. 21) (AP Video: Patrick Orsagos)